Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of how many apprentices work in the food, farming and agri-tech sector.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills publish data online showing Apprenticeship Programme Starts by Sector Framework, including agriculture, horticulture, animal care and food manufacture:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416508/apprenticeships-starts-by-sase-framework.xls